Mooroopna

16.8% of Mooroopna's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

2,083 family households lived in Mooroopna; 32.5% were couple families and 24.6% were one-parent families.

34.9% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Mooroopna had 8,312 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.6% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Separate houses made up 80.5% of occupied private dwellings in Mooroopna.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 13.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.4% of occupied private dwellings.

36.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

31.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

32.1% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Mooroopna had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 34.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 34.5%, while 17.8% had four or more usual residents.

6.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

72.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.1% walked or cycled.

6.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

One-car households formed 39.9% of the total.

53.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.4% reported a different address.

11.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

81.6% of residents used only English at home.

8.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

11.4% of Mooroopna's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.6% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

1.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.0% of ancestry responses in Mooroopna.

Australian ancestry made up 36.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

14.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 9.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.6% of workers, and education and training employed 7.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.5%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

27.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.7%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

45.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.4% reported asthma, 14.2% arthritis and 6.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.0%.

Median household income was $1,121 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,148.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 6.6% in Mooroopna, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 36.3% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 32.1% in Mooroopna, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..